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==Naija==
 
==Naija==
===Etymology===
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===Etymology1===
From Portuguese ''na''
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From: Edoid ''na''
  
===Pronunciation===
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====Pronunciation====
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<sm2>Pcm-ng-na.m.ogg</sm2>
  
===Frequency===
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====Verb====
* Frequency in NSC treebank: 2008
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* Make person dey talk about someting wey person no wan use di name.
* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 6
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:*{{ux|dv| My name '''na''' Ibrahim Salomi. |(ENU_01_Salomis-Egusi-Soup-Recipe_MG__1, My name is Ibrahim Salomi.)}}
* Frequency in raw corpus: 41064
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:*{{ux|dv| My name '''na''' Joke Babatunde. |(IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__2, My name is Joke Babatunde.)}}
* Frequency rank in raw corpus: 13
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=====Synonyms=====
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* [[be]], [[dey]]
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=====Translations=====
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* English: ''is'' a ''be'' form.
  
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===Etymology2===
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From: English ''now''
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====Pronunciation 1====
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===Adverb===
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====Pronunciation 2====
* (Discursive) time wey we dey for someting.
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nǎw
#: {{ux|dv|E go want taste am '''na''' haha. |(LAG_36_Marriage_DG__34, He will just want to taste it now, haha.)}}
 
  
====Translations====
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====Adverb====
* English: ''now''
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Go look [[naw]]
 
 
===Verb===
 
na: no definition -- Definition in Naija?
 
 
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' village, '''na''' im dem dey. |(BEN_09_Tailoring-Immunization_MG__46, It's in the village, that's where they are.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' fibroid, '''na''' im de do am. |(ABJ_GWA_10_Steven-Lifestory_MG__84, It was fibroid she had.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|My name '''na''' Ibrahim Salomi. |(ENU_01_Salomis-Egusi-Soup-Recipe_MG__1, My name is Ibrahim Salomi.)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|My name '''na''' Joke Babatunde. |(IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__2, My name is Joke Babatunde.)}}
 
 
 
====Related forms====
 
* [[na im|na im]]
 
#: {{ux|dv|So na im o. |(ABJ_GWA_06_Ugo-Lifestory_MG__77, So, that's it.)}}
 
* [[sey na|sey na]]
 
#: {{ux|dv|E be like sey na I... I smuggle mysef enter di country, but meanwhile, na me, get country, na me, be my... |(ABJ_INF_12_Evictions_MG__17, It's like I... I smuggled myself into the country, but actually, it's my country, it's me, it's my...)}}
 
* [[naim | naim]]
 
 
 
====Synonyms====
 
* be, dey
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: ''is'' a ''be'' form
 
 
 
===Particle===
 
Di marker wey de dey use focus word for sentence.
 
 
 
#{{ux|dv|and '''na''' im be di cheapest |(deuber__3875, __no translation__)}}
 
#{{ux|dv|'''Na''' yesterday Sunday o, '''na''' im dis one shele for Lagos. |(deuber__6265, __no translation__)}}
 
#: {{ux|dv|'''Na''' so because that kind love dey deceive people. |(jw__10522, __no translation__)}}
 
 
 
====Translations====
 
* English: is
 

Latest revision as of 19:06, 6 March 2024

Naija

Etymology1

From: Edoid na

Pronunciation

Play Play

Verb

  • Make person dey talk about someting wey person no wan use di name.
  • My name na Ibrahim Salomi.  — (ENU_01_Salomis-Egusi-Soup-Recipe_MG__1, My name is Ibrahim Salomi.)
  • My name na Joke Babatunde.  — (IBA_23_Bitter-Leaf-Soup_MG__2, My name is Joke Babatunde.)
Synonyms
Translations
  • English: is a be form.

Etymology2

From: English now

Pronunciation 1

Pronunciation 2

nǎw

Adverb

Go look naw